Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: ESPN

  • Jaime Munguia Scores Tenth Round KO!

    From Glendale, Arizona from Top Rank Boxing on ESPN On the comeback trail from his first defeat, Jaime Munguia dropped Erik Bazinyan for the count in the tenth round of what was an entertaining and competitive fight. Led by Mexican legend Erik Morales in his corner the twenty-seven year-old from Tijuana proved to be too…

  • Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Revisited

    I have decided to come out of my boxing writing hibernation to write about the controversial crossover fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou that took place on ESPN PPV last Saturday. For those who have not seen or read anything about the fight, it was a controversial decision. Fury was cut, knocked down in…

  • Haney vs Lomachenko Scorecard

    1 Haney2 Haney3 Lomachenko4 Haney5 Lomachenko6 Haney7 Lomachenko8 Haney9 Haney10 Lomachenko11 Lomachenko12 HaneyF 115-113 Haney Honestly I feel like this was a very difficult fight to score and I thought that live I watched this again with the sound turned off and I think this fight could really go either way I think the people…

  • Boxing in Media: Michael Montero Previews Devon Haney vs Vasily Lomachenko

    Michael Montero has returned to host Montero on Boxing his YouTube show on the sport doing previews, reviews, interviews and all other videos. I have appreciated his work over the years and after a hiatus he is back. I like this preview video and this is a very intriguing fight. Please take a watch of…

  • Big Bang Zhang Scores the Upset!

    Joe Joyce was stunned this past weekend at the Copper Box Arena in the UK by “Big Bang” Zhang Zhilei. The now 25-1-1 (20) Chinese contender upset the +1,100 favorite in his backyard; the loss drops Joyce to 15-1 (14) and is a massive knee capping. Joyce was highly ranked in the heavyweight division sitting…

  • Shakur Stevenson Debuts at 135 in Style

    Shakur Stevenson made the move to the loaded lightweight division last night in front of his hometown crowd and did not disappoint. The Newark born two division champion moved up to his third division and stopped Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round to advance to 20-0 (10) and sent waves through the division in…

  • Ramirez Stops Commey at 140

    Jose Ramirez continues his resurgence at 140 lbs. following his defeat to Josh Taylor in their title unification. This past weekend, Ramirez defeated Richard Commey of Ghana at the Save Mart arena in Fresno, California. The ballot was a replacement after Jose zepeda was unable to compete. This bout was in action packed back and…

  • Boxing In Media: ESPN+ New Fight Library

    My biggest gripe with ESPN+ and their boxing on demand is their lack of choices. Given ESPN and Top Rank’s multi decade fight library, their selection of fights is very skinny. In fact, for months it felt like it was the same five or six fights minus replays of the latest contests without time stamps.…

  • Plata Decisions Clavel in early FOTY Contender

    Yes it is only January, but Jessica Nery Plata of Mexico won a hotly contested unanimous decision over Kim Clavel last night to unify the WBC and WBA titles at light flyweight in what could be the women’s fight of the year. Plata had to go into Clavel’s backyard winning at the Place Bell in…

  • Arslanbek Makhmudov Stops Michael Wallisch in Quebec

    Arslanbek Makhmudov wasted no time last night in his main event heavyweight contest at the Centre Gervais Auto in Quebec Canada against Michael Wallisch. Makhmudov Jumped on Wallisch early with clubbing power punches from the opening bell and had the German fighter on the canvas three times in the first round. Upon returning to his…